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 "wikipedia": {
  "title": "Airbus Beluga",
  "summary": "The Airbus A300-600ST or Beluga is a specialised wide-body airliner used to transport aircraft parts and outsize cargoes. It received the official name of Super Transporter early on, but its nickname, after the beluga whale, which it resembles, gained popularity and has since been officially adopted.",
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  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
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  "retrieved": "2026-10-11"
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  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Drawing of the Airbus A300-600ST Beluga by AirwayControl Aircraft Library (https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/A3ST/), CC BY 4.0"
 },
 "source": "AirwayControl Aircraft Library",
 "updated": "2026-10-11"
}